Greenland is mobilizing against the risks of foreign interference

After a break of a few weeks, the Greenlandic deputies returned to Nuuk on Monday, February 3. Two months from the next legislative elections, which must be held before April 6, the agenda of Inatisartut (the Greenlandic parliament) should have been quickly dispatched. He was upset by the threats made by the American president, Donald Trump, who said he was ready to seize Danish autonomous territory, and the visit of his son, Donald Trump Jr, in Nuuk, the 7th January.
Fearing to see the next ballot standing under foreign influence, Greenlandic deputies were to examine, Tuesday, February 4, in accelerated procedure, a law, having every chance of being adopted, intended to harden the rules for the financing of political parties of the island. They will no longer have the right to accept foreign or anonymous contributions. In addition, no training will be authorized to receive more than 200,000 crowns (27,000 euros) of private donors, up to 20,000 crowns per contributor.
The law also aims to increase transparency. In the future, all contributions, paid by companies or organizations, as well as the amount of their donations, will have to appear in the accounts of the parties. For individuals, only donations less than 1,000 crowns (against 10,000 currently) will be able to remain confidential. The rules do not only apply to political parties, but to their local sections and young movements, as well as to individual candidates.
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